Control of financial institutions, national debt, unemployment, health insurance and prescription plans, the economy, energy, solvency for Social Security, educational reform, a sound and reasonable immigration program, limiting the powers of the few congressional chairs to slow the flow of meaningful legislation, and limiting the lobbyists and the control they have over the legislature.

Finally the Iraq war. War is hell! War for freedom of others must be earned by them, not by the United States.

Without their equity and their earning it through their sweat, fears, wounds and, yes, even many deaths, freedom will have little meaning, if not earned by the Iraqi people.

A politician who wants a platform to stand on should address the above issues honestly and with the spirit of compromise. Start working together to solve the country's problems. This country and this legislature should be made up of we the people, not the bickering 535 members of Congress. They should do their job!